Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

